mikado.
A former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period.
Meaning & usage
A former title of the emperors of Japan during a certain period.
Any emperor of Japan.
The mikados of Japan are its emperors.
A game of skill, in which identically shaped (but differently colored and valued) wooden sticks must be removed from a pile without disturbing the remaining stack.
A fabric having a stiff twill weave.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Japanese 御門 (mikado), from 御 (mi, “honorable”) + 門 (kado, “gate, portal”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.